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Bob
Anderson		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 220
 
Born: September 29, 1935 in Usa, IN, EAST CHICAGO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1965    1968   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1957 21 SEM AL $ 300,000 6 4 5 5 6 7 6 7 7 7
1958 22 SEM AL $ 300,000 6 4 5 5 6 7 6 7 7 7
1959 23 SEM AL $ 300,000 7 4 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7
1960 24 SEM AL $ 300,000 7 4 5 5 6 6 6 6 7 6
1961 25 SEM AL $ 350,000 7 4 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7
1962 26 SEM AL $ 900,000 7 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 8 7
1963 27 SEM AL $ 900,000 7 5 6 5 6 7 7 7 7 7
1964 28 SEM AL $ 900,000 7 5 5 5 6 7 7 7 8 7
1965 29 SEM AL $ 900,000 7 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7
1966 30 SEM AL $ 3,000,000 7 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7
1967 31 SEM AL $ 3,000,000 6 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 8 7
1968 32 SEM AL   7 5 5 5 6 7 7 7 7 7
1969 33 TAM AL $ 1,200,000 7 4 5 5 6 7 6 7 7 7
1970 34 STL NL $ 1,084,000 7 4 5 4 6 7 6 6 6 6
1971 35 STL NL $ 580,000 7 3 4 4 5 6 6 4 5 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings   6 3 4 4 5 6 6 4 5 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,000,000 7 5 6 5 7 7 7 7 8 7
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1957 21 SEM AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1958 22 SEM AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1959 23 SEM AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1960 24 SEM AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1961 25 SEM AL $ 350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1962 26 SEM AL $ 900,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1963 27 SEM AL $ 900,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1964 28 SEM AL $ 900,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1965 29 SEM AL $ 900,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1966 30 SEM AL $ 3,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1967 31 SEM AL $ 3,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1968 32 SEM AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1969 33 TAM AL $ 1,200,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1970 34 STL NL $ 1,084,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1971 35 STL NL $ 580,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1957 21 SEM AL 7 5 .583 32 15 1 1 0 120.3 112 55 18 42 79 4.11 .243 .310 .412 .722 7.1
    AAA   3 1 .750 4 4 0 0 0 27.3 26 15 4 13 23 4.94 .260 .345 .410 .755  
1958 22 SEM AL 6 6 .500 65 0 0 0 8 75.0 67 37 6 36 37 4.44 .233 .322 .352 .674 7.2
1959 23 SEM AL 11 13 .458 35 35 6 0 0 252.3 255 111 28 81 151 3.96 .265 .325 .423 .748 18.3
1960 24 SEM AL 8 16 .333 33 33 3 0 0 235.0 236 115 33 88 127 4.40 .264 .332 .445 .776 7.5
1961 25 SEM AL 9 24 .273 39 39 12 2 0 275.0 254 140 41 109 154 4.58 .246 .319 .419 .738 5.8
1962 26 SEM AL 9 8 .529 26 19 1 0 0 152.3 135 49 10 34 83 2.90 .239 .285 .362 .647 11.5
1963 27 SEM AL 17 15 .531 38 38 5 0 0 258.7 258 105 17 84 125 3.65 .258 .316 .352 .668 12.3
1964 28 SEM AL 0 4 .000 29 0 0 0 5 30.0 29 11 2 12 15 3.30 .254 .323 .333 .656 2.5
1965 29 SEM AL 4 1 .800 26 1 0 0 7 31.7 31 13 4 16 16 3.70 .263 .353 .373 .726 3.2
1966 30 SEM AL 3 4 .429 37 1 0 0 5 49.0 45 19 6 12 24 3.49 .243 .289 .351 .641 4.5
1967 31 SEM AL 3 0 1.000 24 2 0 0 3 37.3 35 16 6 15 17 3.86 .254 .331 .399 .730 2.8
1968 32 SEM AL 0 1 .000 20 1 0 0 3 27.7 28 9 0 12 10 2.93 .269 .342 .298 .640 1.9
1969 33 TAM AL 2 5 .286 28 0 0 0 6 50.3 47 22 4 24 24 3.93 .255 .333 .364 .697 3.3
    AAA   0 1 .000 14 0 0 0 2 13.0 13 3 1 4 6 2.08 .295 .354 .386 .741  
1970 34 STL NL 2 4 .333 27 0 0 0 4 51.7 56 23 6 24 21 4.01 .276 .349 .429 .778 3.7
    AAA   4 0 1.000 10 0 0 0 0 21.0 24 5 1 4 12 2.14 .293 .326 .427 .752  
1971 35 AAA   1 0 1.000 23 0 0 0 0 35.0 27 15 5 16 25 3.86 .211 .299 .359 .658  
14 Years Sim 81 106 .433 459 184 28 3 41 1646.3 1588 725 181 589 883 3.96 .254 .320 .396 .715 91.5
4 Years AAA 8 2 .800 51 4 0 0 2 96.3 90 38 11 37 66 3.55 .254 .325 .393 .717  
Season Average 5 7 .417 32 13 2 0 2 117.6 113 51 12 42 63 3.96 .254 .320 .396 .715  
Career Highs 17 24 1.000 65 39 12 2 8 275.0 258 140 41 109 154 4.58 .276 .353 .445 .778  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   807 359 74 277 535   .236 .293 .355 .648
vs LH   781 366 107 312 348   .276 .348 .445 .792
Home 38 47 .447 228 88 7 2 19 783.3 747 325 83 308 420 3.73 .253 .323 .389 .712
Away 43 59 .422 231 96 21 1 23 863.0 841 400 98 281 463 4.17 .255 .314 .401 .715
Mar/Apr 13 13 .500 69 23 3 0 8 220.6 233 106 38 58 105 4.32 .273 .319 .449 .768
May 9 19 .321 72 26 6 0 5 234.3 219 98 32 72 125 3.76 .246 .302 .410 .713
June 17 14 .548 87 27 4 1 6 271.6 225 121 24 116 153 4.01 .227 .308 .351 .659
July 15 21 .417 72 37 1 0 6 294.6 313 142 31 105 148 4.34 .275 .336 .414 .750
August 14 23 .378 78 37 7 1 5 338.3 322 132 26 132 194 3.51 .250 .320 .368 .688
Sep/Oct 13 16 .448 81 34 7 1 12 286.6 276 126 30 106 158 3.96 .253 .320 .395 .715
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1957 21 SEM AL 32 32 4 7 1 0 1 3 0 0 2 13 .219 .265 .344 .608 3.1 0.0
1958 22 SEM AL 65 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1959 23 SEM AL 35 77 8 13 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 27 .169 .198 .169 .366 2.0 0.0
1960 24 SEM AL 33 74 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 30 .054 .067 .054 .121 -5.0 0.0
1961 25 SEM AL 39 79 1 9 1 1 0 4 0 0 2 29 .114 .134 .152 .286 0.2 0.0
1962 26 SEM AL 26 49 1 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 12 .102 .137 .102 .239 -0.7 0.0
1963 27 SEM AL 38 90 3 12 1 0 0 4 0 0 3 31 .133 .186 .144 .330 0.5 0.0
1965 29 SEM AL 26 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.8 0.3
1966 30 SEM AL 37 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .400 .250 .650 0.6 0.2
1967 31 SEM AL 24 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0
1968 32 SEM AL 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1971 35 AAA   2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000 0.3  
11 Years Sim 375 417 19 53 3 1 1 21 0 0 10 149 .127 .160 .146 .306 0.7 0.5
1 Years AAA 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000 0.3  
162 Game Average 180 8 22 1 0 0 9 0 0 4 64 .127 .160 .146 .306 0.3  
Career Highs 65 90 8 13 1 1 1 5 0 0 3 31 .500 .500 .500 1.000 3.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   268 12 32 1 1 0 11 0 0 7 104 .119 .155 .131 .286 -3.5
vs LH   149 7 21 2 0 1 10 0 0 3 45 .141 .169 .174 .343 0.6
Home 182 179 7 18 2 1 0 9 0 0 5 66 .101 .134 .123 .257 -3.8
Away 154 238 12 35 1 0 1 12 0 0 5 83 .147 .180 .164 .344 0.9
RISP   95 0 13 1 1 0 20 0 0 1 35 .137 .167 .168 .335 -0.3
Close/Late   27 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 9 .148 .172 .148 .321 0.1
Mar/Apr 28 54 2 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 25 .111 .172 .111 .284 -0.9
May 43 63 2 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 29 .095 .095 .095 .190 -2.5
June 43 62 4 6 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 23 .097 .138 .097 .235 -2.0
July 40 76 5 12 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 26 .158 .179 .197 .377 1.1
August 52 83 3 15 3 1 0 6 0 0 2 19 .181 .207 .241 .448 2.9
Sep/Oct 42 79 3 8 0 0 0 6 0 0 4 27 .101 .151 .101 .252 -1.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1957 21 SEM AL P 32 15 120.3 3 19 1 4 .957 1.65    
1958 22 SEM AL P 65 0 75.0 4 12 0 1 1.000 1.92    
1959 23 SEM AL P 35 35 252.3 15 31 2 2 .958 1.64    
1960 24 SEM AL P 33 33 235.0 11 38 4 4 .925 1.88    
1961 25 SEM AL P 39 39 275.0 21 42 2 6 .969 2.06    
1962 26 SEM AL P 26 19 152.3 12 28 1 0 .976 2.36    
1963 27 SEM AL P 38 38 258.7 12 46 3 4 .951 2.02    
1964 28 SEM AL P 29 0 30.0 1 3 1 0 .800 1.20    
1965 29 SEM AL P 26 1 31.7 2 3 1 0 .833 1.42    
1966 30 SEM AL P 37 1 49.0 5 3 0 1 1.000 1.47    
1967 31 SEM AL P 24 2 37.3 0 3 0 1 1.000 0.72    
1968 32 SEM AL P 20 1 27.7 0 6 1 2 .857 1.95    
1969 33 TAM AL P 28 0 50.3 9 6 0 0 1.000 2.68    
1970 34 STL NL P 27 0 51.7 0 12 0 0 1.000 2.09    
Career Totals   459 184 1646.3 95 252 16 25 .956 1.90    
Career Highs   65 39 275.0 21 46 4 6 1.000 2.68    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1957 21 SEM AL 0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 0 7.0 6 1 0 5 4 1.29 .231 .355 .269 .624
1962 26 SEM AL 1 0 1.000 4 3 0 0 0 20.0 21 14 2 9 9 6.30 .256 .330 .366 .696
1966 30 SEM AL 1 0 1.000 3 0 0 0 0 2.3 1 0 0 0 2 0.00 .125 .125 .250 .375
1967 31 SEM AL 0 1 .000 5 0 0 0 0 5.3 11 6 3 2 5 10.13 .407 .448 .741 1.189
1968 32 SEM AL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 1 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Pitching 2 1 .667 17 3 0 0 1 35.0 39 21 5 16 20 5.40 .271 .344 .410 .753
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1962 26 SEM AL 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Wins
1963-9-17
 Losses
1960-9-16
1961-2-24
1963-8-15
 Games Pitched
1958-10-65
 Complete Games
1961-6-12
 Shutouts
1961-5-2
 Homeruns Allowed
1960-8-33
1961-2-41
Walks Allowed
1961-7-109
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 8    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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  1. Ken Lehman (945)
  2. Jack Fisher (945)
  3. David Clyde (944)
  4. John Verhoeven (941)
  5. Tom Dixon (941)
  6. Dave Tobik (940)
  7. Don Kaiser (937)
  8. John Fulgham (936)
  9. Sammy Ellis (936)
  10. Mike Scott (934)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Lee Stine (994)
  2. Dick Lemay (993)
  3. Denny Galehouse (992)
  4. Chris Short (989)
  5. Jim Constable (988)
  6. Ralph Beard (988)
  7. Don Nottebart (987)
  8. Howie Nunn (986)
  9. Steve Hamilton (986)
  10. Paul Erickson (986)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 24th overall pick, by Seattle in 1957
Earned first career win on 6/11/1957
Had first career hit on 7/11/1957, off Dick Rozek (STL)
Hit first career homerun on 7/20/1957, off Harvey Haddix (BSN)
Injured on 6/12/1959 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week
2/1/1961: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
7/31/1961: Signed a contract extension with Seattle, $900,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 9/11/1962 with a Hyper Extended Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 3/12/1963 with a Bone Chips Shoulder, out for 4-5 weeks
9/1/1965: Signed a contract extension with Seattle, $3,000,000 per year, for 2 years
Won World Championship with Seattle in 1965
10/3/1967: Signed a contract extension with Seattle, $4,200,000 per year, for 4 years
Won World Championship with Seattle in 1968
Released by Seattle on 10/31/1968
Signed as a free agent by Tampa Bay on 4/2/1969 to a 1-year deal worth $1,200,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by St. Louis on 4/2/1970 to a 1-year deal worth $1,084,000 per year
Injured on 4/2/1970 with a Fractured Nose, out for 5 days
9/1/1970: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis, $580,000 per year, for 2 years
 
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